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The Chinese names used for the Cisticolidae reflect earlier taxonomic assignments. All three are classed as 莺yīng 'warblers'. 莺yīng originally referred to the 'orioles', but has been adopted under the influence of Japanese as a name for the warblers in general.

2. The prinias are known as 鹪莺jiāo-yīng'wren warblers', composed of the first syllable of the word for 'wren' (鹪鹩jiāoliáo) combined with 莺yīng. This coinage relies heavily on the Chinese writing system, which splits the word 鹪鹩jiāoliáo'wren' into two characters.

3. The tailorbirds as 缝叶莺féng-yè-yīng'leaf-sewing warblers'. The tailorbirds are found in the far south of China, mainly in Yunnan and Guangxi. No local names (if such exist) have found their way into mainstream Chinese.

The name Гургалдайgurgaldai is traditionally applied to a range of birds famous for their song, including orioles, robins, and nightingales. For convenience, the term has here been arbitrarily glossed as 'oriole', but it should be kept in mind that the actual meaning is far broader.

セッカsekka is used in Japanese for several small warbling birds in the Cisticolidae, Locustellidae, and Phylloscopidae. The etymology is unknown. It is written with the ateji雪加 (literally 'snow-add') or 雪下 (literally 'snow-below'), characters assigned on the basis of sound only with little or no relation to etymology or meaning.

Уралдайuraldai is not found in ordinary dictionaries. The name is quite possibly a portmanteau of Уран шувууuraŋ shuvuuwren and Гургалдайgurgaldai 'robin or warbler', modelled on the Chinese name 鹪莺jiāo-yīng 'wren-warbler', which is modelled on English 'wren warbler'. The name has also been applied to the Goldcrest, possibly due to earlier taxonomic affiliations.